Sue Hammond
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Sue Hammond commented on John McCain: How will you ensure that our students can compete in a global economy? on April 29, 2008, 6:54 AM
Ah yes, Sen. McCain, you want to "incentivize math, science and engineering students". And how, precisely, would you do that? By "doing everything you can to make sure they receive an education in those specialties." Does doing everything include paying for that education, or only making it "affordable"? And then what? So you've educated them, are you going to guarantee them jobs or continue to force them to compete with increasing numbers of H1b2 (don't know if these are the right letters, but I think you know what this refers to) visa holders who are equally well trained and work for considerably less? And even if they land a good job here how will you deal with the fact that in this computer age many of these jobs are ones that can too easily be outsourced in the blink of an eye over our wonderful WWW.? So Sen., what precisely is your incentive? Maybe you should think about this a little more and come back when you have more than simple bromides to offer.
Sue Hammond commented on John McCain: How will you ensure that our students can compete in a global economy? on April 29, 2008, 10:54 AM
Ah yes, Sen. McCain, you want to "incentivize math, science and engineering students". And how, precisely, would you do that? By "doing everything you can to make sure they receive an education in those specialties." Does doing everything include paying for that education, or only making it "affordable"? And then what? So you've educated them, are you going to guarantee them jobs or continue to force them to compete with increasing numbers of H1b2 (don't know if these are the right letters, but I think you know what this refers to) visa holders who are equally well trained and work for considerably less? And even if they land a good job here how will you deal with the fact that in this computer age many of these jobs are ones that can too easily be outsourced in the blink of an eye over our wonderful WWW.?So Sen., what precisely is your incentive? Maybe you should think about this a little more and come back when you have more than simple bromides to offer.